The Environmental Business Pledge is a unique initiative aimed at Manchester businesses who wish to improve their environmental performance. The scheme both rewards and recognises those businesses that have made a solid commitment and tangible improvement to their environmental attitude and impact.

Assessed on three levels; acknowledgement (bronze), action (silver) & achievement (gold) the pledge is an easy way for businesses to become involved in the local environment whilst rewarding those that have been successful.

We are proud to have achieved the Bronze level award since being made aware of the scheme in April and are well on our way to earning silver by the end of the year.

For more information please visit Manchester City Council’s website by clicking on the link above.

Using the Carbon Trust’s website we have calculated our carbon footprint including business and personal miles to and from work, our energy use and the waste that we generate inhouse.  This does not by any means make us carbon neutral but it’s a good place to start and as you may have gathered by now, we’re all about good starting points!

Carbon Footprint Ltd is an independent company which offsets carbon emissions by investing in various clean & renewable energy projects globally.  Through the Carbon Trust we established that we needed to offset over 26 tonnes of carbon to significantly reduce our footprint for May 2007 – May 2008 and did so via Carbon Footprint’s website.

The project we chose is investing in wind turbines and is based in Harshnath, India.  Using the Voluntary Carbon Standard (VCS) the project is governed by credible but easy to understand criteria which convinced us that we were investing wisely.  For more on Carbon Footprint Ltd please click the logo below, or for our specific project click on the wind turbines. 

On the 11 May our very own Miss Sarah Norman (otherwise known as the Norms, Normster or Normski) flung herself out of a plane in order to raise close to £600 for charity. Stormin’ Norman took the death defying leap in order to raise funds for the Cotswold Care Hospice which cares for people suffering from life threatening illnesses as well as providing support to their families. With such a fantastic cause it’s no wonder that Norms took to the skies but hat’s off to her, Sarah, we salute you!

Even the most generous spirited of people can feel the pinch sometimes which is why the breast cancer site’s initiative to donate free mammograms for every click they get on their website can make you feel like you’re doing your bit without costing you a penny….

Simply log into the site daily, click on the link provided and the site’s sponsors will donate a mammogram to a woman in need.  If you think you will forget to log in their’s even a link to add a reminder application to your desk top.